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Wildlife Rehabilitation

Rowena Wildlife Clinic is located near Hood River, The Dalles, Mosier and Cascade Locks, Oregon, across the Columbia River from White Salmon and Stevenson, Washington. We provide free veterinary care to injured wild animals and homeless pets.
Most of our patients come from the surrounding five counties in Oregon and
southern Washington. We are a non-salaried staff of about a dozen dedicated
volunteers and two veterinarians.

Why Rehabilitate?

Nature's vicissitudes and the tenuous lives of wild animals would be an
abstraction except for the dozens of daily interactions we have with both in
our neighborhoods. The constant thrum of a non-human world passes into our
lives without remark. But we are frequently moved by the intensity and depth
with which animals are immersed in the present. The robin listening to underground
worms, the songbirds fluttering hyperactively at a feeder - they are indigenous
representatives of the land and air around us. We are enriched by the moments
when we glimpse our homes through their eyes. Wildlife rehabilitation is the
recognition that our animal neighbors deserve our care. Each benevolent interaction
encourages us to tread lightly in our landscape, to change our habits, making it
easier for all species to share the planet.

Injured owls, hawks and eagles may not be able to hunt again after certain injuries. These birds may become part of our Raptor
Discovery Program, educating children and adults about these fascinating creatures.